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Solidarity notes difficult conditions FlySafair pilots have been subjected to
29th July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Trade union Solidarity has clarified in an open letter addressed to the public that the dispute between airline FlySafair and its pilots has been long coming and that the recent strike by the... 


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Prasa, union reach wage deal
25th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa and its key union reached a wage agreement that will see a 5.5% increase in workers’ pay across the board. The United National Transport Union and Prasa... 


FlySafair adjusts operations to prevent disruption to travellers from pilot strike
18th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Airliner FlySafair has adjusted its operational schedule to ensure continuity after a strike certificate was issued to pilot unions and no disruption to flight operations is expected. Further, the... 


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Numsa signs wage agreement with Gautrain
17th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has signed a new wage agreement for one year with the Bombela Operating Company (BOC), the entity which manages the Gautrain. The... 


FlySafair faces potential pilot strike as wage negotiations deadlock
16th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Trade union Solidarity says most of its members have rejected airline FlySafair’s final offer of a 5.7% salary increase in addition to other adjustments to compensation. The negotiations have... 


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Solidarity calls for task team to be sent to US amid pending tariffs
14th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Trade union Solidarity, in a media release, says it is prepared to be part of a South African task team that would be able to urgently intervene to broker a trade agreement with the US before the... 


Sakeliga CEO Piet le Roux
Sakeliga, Neasa lodge legal challenge against Employment Equity quotas
9th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Business organisation Sakeliga and the National Employers' Association of South Africa (Neasa) have jointly filed an urgent application for an interdict against the implementation of the 2025... 


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Numsa to gauge member support for a strike at Gautrain
9th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) will be balloting its members employed at Gautrain to decide whether to proceed with strike action. Wage negotiations between Numsa and... 


AfDB provides $1m grant to support green skills development in South Africa
3rd July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Development finance institution the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has awarded a $1-million grant to South Africa’s National Business Initiative (NBI) to strengthen efforts to build a... 


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Programmes help address capacity deficits
20th June 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

In an effort to accommodate the demands of population growth, climate change and urbanisation, industry body for civil engineering professionals the South African Institution of Civil Engineering... 


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Awards encourage upliftment of women, youth
20th June 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

The Empowerment and Recognition of Women in Construction (ERWIC) Awards – to be hosted by industry body Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) – takes place on August 14, 2025, at the... 


Effective workforce management through AI integration is a key growth driver, expert says
18th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

Superior customer experience is insufficient for businesses to maintain their positioning in the market because, in the employee experience economy, effectively managing your workforce is more... 


Transnet freight locomotives
Mavuso admonishes Transnet for capitulating to ‘unreasonable’ union demands
17th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso has said she was “astounded” to see news last week of State-owned Transnet's capitulation to unions’ strike threats, eventually agreeing to give... 


Transnet concludes wage agreement with recognised labour unions
13th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

State-owned Transnet has announced that a three-year wage agreement has been reached with its recognised labour unions – the South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union and the United... 


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Newly approved National Labour Migration Policy seeks to boost critical skills retention, legal experts say
11th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

South Africa’s newly approved National Labour Migration Policy seeks to attract or retain critical skills needed in the economy, which will be done by identifying skills shortages and enhancing... 


Statistician General Risenga Maluleke
South Africa statistics chief defends jobless-data calculations
11th June 2025 By: Bloomberg

The head of South Africa’s statistics agency defended the methodology of his organisation’s unemployment data after the chief of the nation’s top bank by customers said misclassification of traders... 


City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth Alderman James Vos
More than 10 000 new jobs created in Cape Town’s BPO sector over the past year
3rd June 2025 By: Darren Parker

About 10 427 new jobs have been created in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector during the past financial year, from April 2024 to March 2025, City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member... 


Cape Town adds 86 000 jobs in one year
30th May 2025 By: Irma Venter

The City of Cape Town has added 86 000 jobs in a year, reaching a record level of 1.827-million people now in jobs – this according to Statistics South Africa’s (StatsSA) Quarterly Labour Force... 


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Technology advancements require organised labour to adapt
16th May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The rapid advancements in technology pose both challenges and opportunities for employment and the labour market and it is crucial that organised labour adapts accordingly to ensure it plays a role... 


Mineworkers sitting lined up
TIPS launches Just Transition Labour Centre to research, voice the needs of the working class
14th May 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Independent, nonprofit economic research institution Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) has launched a Just Transition Labour Centre to help develop the technical expertise required as a... 


Port of Durban
Transnet, union in talks to avoid strike
14th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

The biggest labour union at South Africa’s State-owned port and rail company are starting final talks with a third-party arbitrator to resolve a wage dispute and stave off a potential strike by... 


Mashatile proposes war rooms on jobs, poverty, governance
5th May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Deputy President Paul Mashatile, on April 30, proposed that three “war rooms” on the economy and jobs, on clean governance and on poverty and hunger be established, in line with the three... 


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President calls for protection of workers’ rights to build an inclusive economy
5th May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

With some people and political parties calling for South Africa’s labour laws to be relaxed in response to the prevailing economic climate and high unemployment rate, President Cyril Ramaphosa... 


Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala
DPWI to set up Office of the Engineer-General South Africa soon
29th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) will be pressing ahead with setting up the Office of the Engineer-General South Africa as soon as possible, Public Works and Infrastructure... 


GirlCode founder and CEO Zandile Mkwanazi
GirlCode Summit to focus on more women-in-tech enablement
23rd April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The GirlCode Summit this year aims to create more supportive communities where networking and collaboration are possible, says GirlCode founder and CEO Zandile Mkwazani. “In an era where... 


UNTU to ballot members after Transnet wage meeting ends without agreement
15th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Labour union the United National Transport Union (UNTU) will ballot its members after a conciliation process to resolve a dispute between it and State-owned transport agency Transnet ended without... 


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Localisation policies can benefit stainless-steel sector
4th April 2025

South Africa’s stainless-steel industry is under pressure owing to increasing imports of finished steel products and declining local manufacturing, says industry body Southern Africa Stainless... 


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Volatile global demand negatively affecting steel, associated industries
4th April 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

Shrinking local and global demand for steel, owing to an oversupply of raw and processed variants – especially in China – and increased imports are the main causes for the declining steel and... 


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SABS investigation continues amid unsettling allegations of mismanagement
4th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Ever since allegations of corruption and mismanagement against State-owned entity the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) started to surface late last year, the organisation has been under... 


Coega, in Nelson Mandela Bay
Experimental SEZ exempt from strict labour laws can demonstrate mass employment model – CDE
2nd April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In a society with catastrophic levels of unemployment, special economic zones (SEZs) could move South Africa beyond its current economic paralysis, says independent policy analysis and advocacy... 


Transnet, Satawu sign three-year wage deal
27th March 2025 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned Transnet and labour union the South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) have signed a three-year wage agreement for increases of 6% in the first two years and a 5.5%... 


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NUM worried about ‘possible bloodbath of job losses’ on multiple fronts
12th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is worried about a “possible bloodbath of job losses” across multiple sectors, including steel, transportation, ferrochrome and mining, on the back of... 


mine workers in a row with boots
Nedlac announces consensus on 47 labour law reforms
11th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Negotiations between organised business, organised labour and government, led by the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL), on a substantive labour law reform process have now concluded. The... 


AMSA's Newcastle Works
Committee bemoans lack of govt communication amid AMSA longs wind-down
10th March 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

As talks intensified earlier this year between primary steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) and government to mitigate the impacts of AMSA’s wind-down of its longs business, the Select... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa calls for agri growth agenda biased toward empowering black farmers
10th March 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

While agriculture has been a mainstay of growth in South Africa’s economy over the last three decades, the industry cannot be sustainable without addressing issues of equity and inclusion in... 


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No work, no pay will apply to workers participating in Cosatu strike in the Western Cape
21st February 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa has reminded its members that the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) intends to have workers support a protest in the... 


King's School West Rand unveils 4IR education laboratory
5th February 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Nonprofit education organisation King's School West Rand has unveiled a Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) laboratory designed, planned and built in collaboration with technology education company... 


CHIETA proposes digital badges to recognise artisan skills development
29th January 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA) is proposing the use of digital badges as a way of recognising and verifying artisans' achievements, skills and competencies. The... 


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